GP Partners
Dr Phil Clayton
MA, MBBS, MRCPCH, MRCGP (Qualified 1997)
Dr Toby Gillman
MBBS, BSc (Hons) DCH MRCGP (Qualified 2003)
Dr Cath Collier
MBBS, BSc (Hons), DRCOG, DCH, DFFP, MRCGP (Qualified 1991)
Dr Jackie Harris
MB ChB, BSc (Hons), MRCGP, DCH, DRCOG (Qualified 2001)
Dr Ophelia Ansah
MbChb, MRCGP, DRCOG, DFSRH (Qualified 1997)
Associate GPs
Dr Suzanne Clayton
MBBS, BSc, DRCOG, DCH, MRCGP (Qualified 1997)
Dr Kathy Hoffmann
MBBS, MRCGP Hon, MRCP (Qualified 1986)
Dr Laura O'Malley
MBChB (Hons), DCH, DFSRH, MRCGP, PGCMDE (Qualified 2002)
Dr Anna Milward
MBBS BSc MRCGP DRCOG (Qualified 2003)
Dr Gayathiri Sivavakeesar
Practice Management
The practice manager is involved in managing all of the business aspects of the practice such as making sure that the right systems are in place to provide a high quality of patient care, human resources, finance, patient safety, premises and equipment and information technology. The practice manager supports the GPs and other medical professionals with delivering patient services and also helps to develop extended services to enhance patient care.
Mandy Barrett
Business Manager
Responsible for financial scrutiny and quality management within the Practice.
Alex Bambury
Operations Manager
Ben Meredith
Deputy Operations Manager
Nurses
Practice nurses are qualified and registered nurses. They can help with health issues such as family planning, healthy living advice, blood pressure checks and dressings. The practice nurses run clinics for long-term health conditions such as asthma or diabetes, minor ailment clinics and carry out cervical smears.
Healthcare Assistants
Healthcare assistants support practice nurses with their daily work and carry out tasks such as phlebotomy (drawing blood), blood pressure measurement and new patient checks. They may act as a chaperone when a patient or doctor requests one.
Nursing Administrator
Our nursing administrator assists our nurses in the administration side of childhood immunisations, long-term condition planning and nursing availability.
Emergency Practitioner
Our emergency practitioner is a trained and qualified paramedic who can see patients for a variety of minor (and some major) illnesses.
Laura Shaw
Health Practitioner
Pharmacist
Our clinical pharmacist is skilled in undertaking complex medication reviews for a variety of issues and also can answer questions about the appropriate and safe use of medicines. Some pharmacists are prescribers and so can also issue prescriptions if deemed appropriate.
Physician Assistant
Physician associates are professionals trained in the medical field. They must pass an intensive university course including experience in a hospital setting and can see a variety of medical problems.
Reception
Receptionists provide an important link for patients with the practice and are your initial contact point for general enquiries. They can provide basic information on services and results and direct you to the right person depending on your health issue or query. Receptionists make most of the patient appointments with the GPs and nurses. They also perform other important tasks such as issuing repeat prescriptions and dealing with prescription enquiries, dealing with financial claims, dealing with patient records and carrying out searches and practice audits.
Carers Champion
Our Carers Champion is able to help carers in gaining the right assistance in their vital role as a carer.. Please ask reception for more information
Registration Clerk
Specialist Services - Liasion Worker
Our Liaison Worker has years of working as an advocate for our South Asian (as well as other ethnic minority) population. She has experience in supporting victims of domestic violence & trauma (via the INSPIRE-ALL charity) and forced marriage and can help consult with all our clinicians.
She speaks 6 languages (English, Punjabi, Hindi, Gujarati, Urdu and Swahili) and is available on Wednesday mornings and via telephone call on some other days. Please speak to reception if you would like her involved with your appointments or care.
Secretaries
The secretaries provide a link between GP surgeries and hospital, often actioning referrals and letters from GPs to our patients or their hospital colleagues.
Community Midwives
The midwives can be contacted on 01296 316120.
Health Visitors
Telephone 01296 566226
A health visitor is a registered nurse who has received training particularly related to babies, children and pregnant women. Their role is to provide families with children under five years old with support and advice around the general aspects of mental, physical and social wellbeing.